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remodeling. “Your town can get better, one project at a time, if people have raised their expectations,” he added.
One way local officials can get what they want from developers is what McMahon calls “leverage” through “voluntary compliance-mandatory review.”
He cited an example where owners of a fast-food restaurant were willing to alter the design of their building— which they didn’t have to do— when they had to get a special exception from the town for a drive-through window.
For the future
According to McMahon, the day of the commercial strip mall “with its undisguised ugliness and traffic congestion” is near its end. According to McMahon, more than 3,000 strip malls in the U.S. are vacant today.
“The future belongs to town centers and Main streets,” said McMahon. “These are places that attract peoples’ affection and encourage them to stay longer and spend money.”
One important aspect of both is the availability of mixed uses: having retail stores on the ground level and residential units above.
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